Basketball Recap: Malta's Win on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Five

Malta waltzed into their contest on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 68-60 victory over the Fairview Warriors. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Warriors are ranked 75th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Malta has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.4 points per game. As for Fairview, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-10.

Malta has already played their next game (against Fairview), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Fairview has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Harlem.